Tyrone GAA have defended the price of their streaming service for tomorrow evening’s senior football championship final in the O’Neill County.

Coalisland and Dromore for the title and those not attending the match at Healy Park will have to pay £16 (€18.72) to stream the game live.

With most streaming services across the costing in or around €10, the charge for viewers to access Sunday’s game from Omagh has drawn some criticisms.

Last year some 6,500 supporters paid £10 to watch the Tyrone SFC decider via the online streaming service during a time when crowds weren’t allowed to attend matches due Covid-19 restrictions.

Tyrone county board PRO Eugene McConnell says the increase this year “is in course with what has happened at ever other stage of the championship.”

“In every walk of life people have to pay for what they’re getting,” McConnell tells told The42.ie. 

“There’s nothing in life free. If it was a fiver, some people would still want it to be £4. So far this year there has been no adverse reaction. To be fair, all our prices have gone up at the same juncture every time.

“They’re priced dearer than what it would be to get into the match and there’s been no reaction whether it was a semi-final, quarter-final or first round.

“If you go to the gate and pay £7 to get into the match, you pay one pound more and have the luxury of sitting at home and watching from your living room and not having to travel to the game or having issues around mobility, health or whatever.

“It was never been an issue. The increase is in course with what has happened at ever other stage of the championship.”

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